Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Moffat, P.O.
- A man and a child sit in an automobile parked near the post office building in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. The building is a false front structure with a brick facade. The side of the building is covered with corrugated tin....
- Coleman & Albert General Store (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-192.; General stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Irwin school house
- Men, women and children pose on the stairs of the Irwin school house building in Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Men, teachers, and probably students wear fitted dresses or pinafores. Children and a dog sit on a step. William S. Hinkley stands...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Hinkley, William S.; Shaw, Charles N.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Custer County Court House, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of the two-story brick Custer County Court House in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows the building with terra cotta trim, urn finials, arched windows and an annex building made of fieldstone. Automobiles are parked near a cement...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Courthouses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Lakewood High School
- Students pose on or beside a ladder in an interior view of a classroom at Lakewood High School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Jack Taylor wears wool knickers and striped socks, and supports a step ladder. Charles Taylor wears knickers,...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Higens, Arlene.; Taylor, Charles, Lakewood High...
- 1932 September 4
- Portrait of two men
- Full length studio portrait of two men who pose near a rustic wooden fence. One man sits on wooden step and leans his arm on his leg. The other man stands nearby and rests his hand on the fence.
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Olla
- Native American (Zuni) earthenware water jar; dark brown and pink patterns on a cream background include: rainbird, hatched lines, hook, step, and triangle.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni pottery--1880-1900.; Jars--1880-1900.; Ollas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Olla
- Native American (Zuni) earthenware water jar with high shoulder, short neck and wide mouth; rim and upper band almost obliterated. Patterns include: cloud, lightning, hatching, and step in a black and red paint over white background.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Zuni pottery--1900-1920.; Jars--1900-1920.; Ollas--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Olla
- Native American (Zuni) earthenware water jar with step, lightning, hatching, scroll, and rain cloud patterns in black and red paint on white.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni pottery--1880-1920.; Jars--1880-1920.; Ollas--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Bowl
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) bowl decorated with design elements including Half terrace dashes, triangles, white circles, hatching and half step frets. It has red, brown and white coloring, a red base and a red interior.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Zuni pottery--1890-1920.; Bowls (Vessels)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Rodeo bronc riding
- Spectators watch a man on a bucking bronco possibly at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. Signs above the grandstand read: "horse" and "two step".
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Pres. hunting party
- President Theodore Roosevelt prepares to step off a Colorado Midland Railway Company car in New Castle (Garfield County), Colorado. A crowd of men, some on horseback. stand nearby.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Journeys.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; New Castle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--New Castle--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Carriage from Stonewall to Trinidad
- A group of passengers stand outside the J.W. Shouse General Store in Stonewall (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man identified as Jim Ryan sits in the drivers seat of the Trinidad and Stonewall carriage. Women and children sit in the passenger...
- Stonewall (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Stonewall--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Stonewall--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Stonewall--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
- View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Loveland's first street fair
- View of first street fair held on October 3, 4, 5, 1894, Loveland, Colorado. Men parade their prize horses down street lined with spectators. Shows the old depot (passengers could stand on the high platform and step into the cars) and Vorrieter's...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fairs--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1900.
- October 1894
- Residence of C. C. Butler, Cripple Creek
- Residence of Charles C. Butler, possibly 207 West Carr, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story wood frame residence has a front porch, round columns, balustrade, low-hipped roof with decorated side gable, bargeboard, shingled roof, two plain windows...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- The Towers, palatial home of J. Maurice Finn, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; palatial twenty-six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; features include...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Old deserted diner
- View of a weathered step gable false front building in Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado, that once housed a diner. One window has a taped crack and another is covered with plastic. Dilapidated buildings and a burro tied to a fence by two oil or...
- Tabernash (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Tabernash--1980-1990.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Tabernash--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Up a tree, side-walks of Alamosa, Colo. 1907, State Av.
- Humorous photomontage of pigs on a tree-lined sidewalk. The pigs step from behind trees and over a picket fence. Shows two cowboys up in the trees, another is on horseback in the distance.
- Pigs--1900-1910.
- [1907]
- Examining new military aircraft
- Men stand near a military aircraft probably near Denver, Colorado. A sign painted on the side of the airplane near the cockpit reads: "Do Not Step On Enclosure Track".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Boys wood working class at High School, 1941
- Boys are bent over wood tables at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, using vises and planers on pieces of wood. Some boys draw on plans with the aid of yardsticks. There is a blackboard, wooden shelves, a step ladder and a sink in the room.
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Woodworking--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- John Gates (in tub) and Madge Gates
- John and Madge Gates pose by an interior fountain at a baby shower in (probably) Colorado; people look on by cut outs of the stork. Signs read: "Subscribers to the World's Work," and "Waltz Foxtrot One Step Schotsche."
- Showers (Parties)--1940-1950.; Spouses--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- The staff of the Morning Advertiser poses in front of the newspaper's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden, lathe turned spiral posts flank the glass doors, with lettering that reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Garcia, Jesus Moria.; Hines, J. H.; Robinson, Bob.; Shumway, Ed.; Shumway, Will.; Single, George.; Snyder, Willy.; Stevens, S. H.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Jack Dempsey and wife, Estelle Taylor
- Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey and his wife, actresses Estelle Taylor, step off a train in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Boxers (Sports)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dempsey, Jack, 1895-; Taylor, Estelle, 1894-1958.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Park scene
- A view of a park through a doorway. A stone step walkway leads out of the doorway and a small gazebo is the center of the park.
- Parks--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Two men leave the train
- Two unidentified men step off a train, probably at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Both men wear suits, one with a bow tie, and carry their hats and coats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Main Street, Central City
- View of the intersection of Main and Eureka Streets in Central City, Colorado (taken from Eureka Street). The First National Bank building is on the right with a sign on it that reads "Post Office." A man with a cane sits on a step outside of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Caroline Garcia teaches Dorothy Ramirez
- Caroline Garcia teaches a young Dorothy Ramirez the step of a Mexican dance at the El Salvador Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Dorothy Ramirez wears a traditional Mexican dress and sombrero.
- Garcia, Caroline.; Ramirez, Dorothy.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Dance--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1970 August 19
- Pine Street
- View of the intersection of Pine and Eureka Streets in Central City, Colorado; shows the backside of the Teller House and two people, Walter Pesman and Ann Evans, walking down the steep steps next to the Teller House. Eureka Street is in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Cripple Creek (Episcopal)
- View of the Episcopal Church in Cripple Creek, Colorado; features a steep, three step gable, fish scale imbrication on the gableboard, gabled dormers, brick walls, stairs leading up to the entrance which is a single leaf door, and a cross on top of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Cripple Creek
- View of the Episcopal Church in Cripple Creek, Colorado; features steep, three step gable, fish scale imbrication, gabled dormers, brick walls, stairs leading up to the entrance which is a single leaf door, and a cross on top of the tallest gable.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Mary Haworth and some of her boys, Aurora public school
- Schoolboys in Aurora, Colorado, pose in a group on the three steps leading to the double-door entrance of the school building. They wear an assortment of outfits, including overalls, long-sleeved shirts with collars, trousers, ties, and jackets....
- Aurora (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School children--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.
- April 30, 1926
- Mildred Robinson and some of her boys, Aurora public school
- A group of Aurora schoolboys pose on steps in front of the double door entrance to a school building in Aurora, Colorado. They are dressed in an assortment of outfits, including overalls, blue jeans, trousers, long-sleeved shirts, ties, a sailor...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School children--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.
- April 30, 1926
- 5 minutes for lunch
- Several people step off a train at the station in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Sign reads: "Western Union Telegraph."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Broadway, Woods Lake Resort, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of eight log cabins in a row, Woods Lake Resort, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows wooden box labeled "eat Quaker Oats" near front door step, tin buckets, pipe stove exiting sheet metal roofs,...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Home of Tom Ellis while mining near Altman, Colo., 1889
- Tom Ellis, withppossibly his wife, a large dog and another miner pose outside their small wood frame home, Altman, Teller County, Colorado. Both men have mustaches, one leans on a stump and wears suspenders. A wooden chair with turned spindles is...
- Ellis, T. (Tom); Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- 1889
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Reverend H. M. Pingree, in a suit and hat, stands on the step outside the front door of his second Methodist Church parsonage, Altman, Teller County, Colorado. The two room log cabin has a front gable with shingles in apex. A wood frame lean-to,...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Princess Theater
- View of the Princess Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians, an automobile, and a bicycle are nearby. The four-story building has an ornate entryway decorated with electric lights. Signs read: "A Mermaid Comedy,"...
- Princess Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1922]
- Denver community players
- Group theater portrait of Denver Community Players on stage in Denver, Colorado. The man is in a Pierrot costume. The woman performs a dance step.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Princess Theater
- View of the Princess Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has an ornate theater entryway decorated with electric lights. Automobiles, pedestrians, and bicyclists are nearby. Signs read: "Frank Mayo...
- Princess Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1922]
- Sherman
- View of a stone foundation from a mill that operated in Sherman, Colorado; shows the mill against a steep hillside; steps lead to the foundation, and on top of each step is weathered, broken lumber.
- Foundations--Colorado--Sherman--1930-1970.; Sherman (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Sherman--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Creede, Colorado
- Two men stand in the open doorway of the Holy Moses Saloon, which is next to the narrow, rocky, canyon walls that surround the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a one-story, clapboard storefront with a broken cornice and...
- Holy Moses Saloon (Creede, Colo.); Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Grandpa Dollis at Creede
- George Washington Dollis, wearing a long, heavy coat, boots, and a hat, sits on a step in front of a tent in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The canvas tent is supported by a wood "a-frame" and has a wooden door. A large, curved...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dollis, George Washington.
- [1890?]
- Girls basketball team
- The Aspen High School, Colorado girls basketball team pose for a team picture on the steps of a hotel in Buena Vista, Colorado. Their luggage is lined up in front of the steps. The team members sit in two rows on the three steps that lead up to...
- Women athletes--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- [about 1910?]
- D&RGW locomotive (Narrow Gauge), engine number 451, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, stored, parts missing, R. H. Kindig on step. Photographed: Alamosa, Colo., May 8, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- This picture is the cabin in Kerber Creek, Bonanza
- The Rathron family poses in front of their cabin near Bonanza, Colorado, in Saguache County. Mrs. Rathron holds baby Horace as she stands on the steps that lead to the covered porch. Mr. Rathron leans against the step railings. Young Elizabeth...
- Rathron family--Homes & haunts.; Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1884]
- Home of Joe Block, Crested Butte, Colorado
- Block family members and friends pose on the front porch of Joe's Block's simple wood frame front gable house, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Joe and his wife Louise stand center, with Marie L. Block and Mrs. Tim Dowling on step below...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.
- 1890
- Sunnyside mill
- The Sunnyside mill was built, step fashion, into the hillside in Eureka, Colorado. Other mining buildings and mining equipment are in the foreground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Denver aerial
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado. Shows Civic Center park, the Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver City and County Building, Voorhies Monument, Colonnade of Benefactors, Denver Public Library, Carnegie Building, Petroleum Building, Farmers Union...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Edith at piano
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado home; shows a woman playing a piano. Decor includes framed pictures, a clock, a ceiling lamp, upholstered chair, fireplace, and china. Music score reads: "Bowery Buck Ragtime Two Step, Tom Turpin."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 February
- Sugar beet plant
- Men stand and pose beside round, steel machinery with cog wheels, wooden scaffolding, ropes, and pulleys at the Great Western Sugar Company sugar beet factory probably in Scottsbluff (Scotts Bluff County), Nebraska. The four-story brick building...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1910-1920.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Factories--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Nebraska--Scottsbluff--1910-1920.
- 1916 September 24